Guest posts
Use the links below to access guest posts that were featured in recent newsletters.
| When | Who | Talking about |
| May 2026 |
Helen Burness and Helen Foord, founders of Helen Squared, specialist legal marketing consultancy |
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| February 2026 | Leigh White, Fellow Costs Lawyer and Head of Medical Negligence Costs Delivery at Irwin Mitchell and Helen Moulinos | Their roles as new non-executive directors of the CLSB |
| December 2025 |
Victoria Morrison-Hughes, Managing Director, Integral Legal Costs and Vice Chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers |
Costs Lawyers, Consumers and Access to Justice |
| September 2025 | Paul McCarthy, Partner and Head of Costs at Horwich Farrelly | You, me and the CLSB: 7 years, several lessons and a few pub chats |
| July 2025 | Paula Walkden, Chair, Costs Lawyer Apprenticeship Trailblazer Group and Costs Operational Delivery Director, Irwin Mitchell LLP |
Building the Future of the Profession: the Costs Lawyer Apprenticeship |
| April 2025 | Andrew Felton, Head of Justice Stakeholders, Welsh Government | Devolution in Wales |
| February 2025 | Ian McCann, CEO of Legal Studio | |
| December 2024 | Sarah Fitsell, Communications Manager, LawCare | |
| November 2024 | Simon Murray, Head of Insurance Business Services, DWF Law LLP | Legal costs and AI |
| September 2024 | Davina Patel, Senior Development Officer, The Access to Justice Foundation | |
| August 2024 | Professor Carl Stychin, Independent Education Adviser to the CLSB | |
| June 2024 | Professor Steven Vaughan, UCL; Professor Richard Moorhead, University of Exeter; Kenta Tsuda, UCL | |
| May 2024 | Lori Frecker, Director of Policy, CLSB | Making Costs Lawyers eligible for judicial roles |
| March 2024 | Jack Ridgway, Chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers | The Association of Costs Lawyers |
| December 2023 | Antony Smith, Founder, Legal Project Management Limited | Enhancing your skills with legal project management |
| October 2023 | Kerry Gilsenan, Regulatory Policy Manager, Legal Services Board | |
| July 2023 | Madeleine Jenness, Head of Education, ACL Training | The new Costs Lawyer Professional Qualification |
| June 2023 | Andrew Harvey, non-executive director, CLSB | The role of regulation in public protection |
| April 2023 | Jacqui Connelly, Operations Director, CLSB | Changes to Qualifying Experience |
| March 2023 | Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO, LawCare | |
| December 2022 | Paul McFadden, Chief Ombudsman, Legal Ombudsman | Changes to the Legal Ombudsman’s Scheme Rules |
| October 2022 | Jack Ridgway, Chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers | A vision for the costs community |
| August 2022 | Professor Dominic Regan, legal trainer | The importance of keeping knowledge up to date |
| June 2022 | Stephanie Wheeler, development coach and writer | Treating yourself with kindness |
| May 2022 | Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO, LawCare | Loneliness in law |
| March 2022 | Paul McFadden, Chief Ombudsman, Legal Ombudsman | |
| February 2022 | Lynne Squires, Development Director at The Access to Justice Foundation | Pro bono costs orders |
| December 2021 | George McDonald, Barrister, 4 New Square Chambers | Professionalism in costs advocacy |
| November 2021 | Chris Owen, National Pro Bono Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia | |
| October 2021 | Rt Hon David Heath CBE, Chair of the CLSB | Innovation in legal services |
| July 2021 | Ruth Ormston and Tessa Hollingsworth, Mindfulness in Law Group | Mindfulness for lawyers |
| June 2021 | Steve Pearson, Deputy Chief Ombudsman at the Legal Ombudsman | Good complaint handling |
| April 2021 | Raphael Mokades, Managing Director of Rare | Recruiting for diversity |
| March 2021 | Steve Brooker, Head of Policy Development at the Legal Services Board | A strategy for reshaping legal services |
| January 2021 | Crispin Passmore, Passmore Consulting | Impact of the Legal Services Act 2007 |
| December 2020 | Paul Kellaway, Assistant Director at the Competition and Markets Authority | Legal market dynamics |
| October 2020 | Professor Debbie Foster and Dr Natasha Hirst, Cardiff Business School | Being a lawyer with a disability |
| September 2020 | Elisabeth Davies, Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints | Clear pricing information |
| July 2020 | Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO, LawCare | Emotional competence |
| June 2020 | Kate Gallafent QC, Blackstone Chambers | Diversity and inclusion |